Students were unable to cast their vote despite having their polling cards with them (Image: PA)

Tellers are believed to have been using an out-of-date register, according to the Newcastle-Under-Lyme labour Party .

Paul Farrelly, the Labour MP for the seat since 2001, has been "working tirelessly" to help resolve the issues, according to his campaign team.

He said: “The Electoral Services Department here in Newcastle is a shambles and there is chaos, which is denying people votes on a scale unprecedented in my 30 years fighting and organising elections.

“We have spent the past week fire fighting on over scores of postal votes, which have not arrived, and we not only have lots of registration applications that have not been processed, but people – including students – being turned away when they are indeed registered.

“Each passing hour is not only spoiling election day, but just adding to the issues for complaint, which I will be referring tomorrow to the Electoral Commission and other bodies for an independent, outside investigation.”

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Keele University Biomedical sciences undergraduate, Andrew Niblett, 18, said in his group of five friends who applied to vote in the Newcastle-Under-Lyme area, just one had been correctly registered.

He said: "I phoned up the electoral office who said it was because I didn't provide ID when I was prompted, but the thing is I was never prompted to provide ID and also one of my friends, who was prompted, provided ID and it got verified and they still got turned away."

Paul Farrelly, the Labour MP for the seat since 2001, has been "working tirelessly" to help resolve the issues (Image: PA WIRE)

Mr Niblett said despite complaining to the staff at the polling station that he had not received prompts, he was told: "Next time just check your mail and make sure you go through the process again."

A spokeswoman for the Electoral Commission said they had been in contact with electoral officers in Newcastle-Under-Lyme about what students should do to cast their vote by the 10pm deadline.

The chairman of Keele Student Union Council, Tom Snape, 21, said up to 100 students have been in touch about problems so far.

A spokesman for Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council said those affected by out-of-date printed electoral lists at polling stations had been able to vote after polling station staff phoned council offices to verify they were on the register.

Hundreds of voters were turned away from polling stations (Image: PA)

However, those affected by other issues had little option at such a late stage in the process.